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A FEW FACTS RELATING 

the FRANKLIN 
TYPOGRAPHICAL 

SOCIETY ITS AIMS ® 

PURPOSES together with SOME 
THINGS IT HAS DONE in the 
PAST SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS 


Organized as a Society Anno Domini mdcccxxiv 
& Incorporated by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
in General Court assembled Atino Domini mdcccxxv 






PRINTED FOR THE Franklin Typographical 
Society of Boston^ AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS 
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, MDCCCC 























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FRANKLIN 

TYPOGRAPHICAL 

SOCIETY 


HE Franklin Typographical 
Society was organized in 1824 by 
a number of active, zealous printers, 
who, as stated in the preamble to 
the Constitution soon after adopted, 
entertained a due sense of the 
importance of cultivating a spirit of 
benevolence among the members of the profession,” 
and were ‘‘ convinced of the utility of well-constituted 
societies for mutual aid, in promoting the enlargement 
of the social affections, and mitigating the sufferings 
attendant upon sickness and misfortune.” 

For the purpose of adding to the stability of the 
institution, an act of incorporation was obtained from 
the Legislature of Massachusetts in 1825. 

Since its organization, now more than seventy-five 
years ago, the Society has uninterruptedly continued its 
existence, with varying success, but at all times has 
closely adhered to the original purposes of its founders. 

The splendid record which the Society has made 
for itself, during its long existence, has won for it 
many friends, who have commended its noble work 
and materially assisted in carrying it on. To the gen¬ 
eral public the Society is little known, and frequently 
confounded with other organizations of an entirely 
different character. It has therefore been deemed 
advisable to issue a statement of the general purposes 

















2 


A Few Facts Relating to the 

of the Society, together with an account of the work 
it is now doing and what it has accomplished in 
the past. 

BRIEFLY TOLD 

The following summary will show at a glance the 
leading features of the Society : — 

The Franklin Typographical Society is not a trade 
union; it has no disputes with employers in any 
branch of the profession from which its membership 
is derived. The sole purpose of the members is to 
carry out the provisions of its Constitution, to the end 
that dependent members shall receive the utmost 
benefit provided for therein. 

It is not a secret organization. 

It is conducted on most economical principles, so 
far as relates to salaries and other essential expenses. 
It has but two salaried officers, the Secretary and the 
Collector ; the former receives for his services twenty- 
five dollars per year, and the latter thirty-five dollars 
per year, a total of only sixty dollars, with a member¬ 
ship of over 400, exclusive of the Honorary list. 

There is no limit to the number of weeks sick 
members may draw benefits. One member received 
continuous benefits from February, 1883, to the time 
of his death in May, 1898. 

Members unable to earn a livelihood by reason of 
old age are entitled to benefits. There are at present 
on the list of beneficiaries three over seventy years of 
age and two over eighty. 

Of the present sick-list, one has been dra\ving 
benefits since April, 1892, and is nearly eighty-six 
years of age; one since November, 1892, who is 
nearly eighty-five years old; one since August, and 


Franklin Typographical Society 3 

one since September, 1894; one since April, 1895; 
and four others, incurable, who have been on the list 
between two and three years, three of whom are over 
seventy years of age. 

The amount paid in sick and death benefits since 
the Society was organized is ;^68,556.05. Of this 
sum ;^7,394.05 was paid during the first fifty years, 
and $61,162 during the last twenty-five years. 

The smallest total amount paid during any one year 
was five dollars in 1824. T^^e largest was $4,628 in 
1894. The average sum per year for the past twenty- 
five years was $2,446.50. 

The amount paid per week for sick benefits is either 
four or five dollars, as the funds may permit. 

The receipts from active membership fees and dues 
are only sufficient to pay about two-thirds of the 
annual demands for sick benefits at the present time. 
The balance comes from interest on Standing Funds 
and donations. 

The Society has Standing Funds amounting to 
$20,872.55, of which the interest only can be used. 

Donations have been received from nearly all the 
master printers of Boston, from several lady friends, 
and from some of our public men. 

The Society has a library of over three thousand 
volumes, among which are a number of rare books 
relating to the art of printing, and some unique speci¬ 
mens of workmanship of fifty and a hundred years 
ago. This library is well patronized by the members, 
and is constantly being added to, and contributions 
of books are solicited. 

Free beds at the Massachusetts General Hospital 
and the Homoeopathic Hospital are controlled by the 
Society, and are always open to members. 


4 


A Few Facts Relating to the 

Since 1889 the Society has held its meetings in the 
building owned by it, known as Franklin Hall, No. 
121 Chandler Street, and the item of hall rent has 
ceased to swell the yearly outgo. 

The Franklin Typographical Society and Boston 
Typographical Union No. 13 jointly own a large 
burial lot in Mount Hope Cemetery. 

ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP 

Any printer, pressman, stereotyper, or electrotyper, 
or any other person in any way connected with 
the printing business, whether employer or employee, 
between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five years, 
and known to be in good health, may be admitted a 
member of the Society on receiving three-fourths of 
the ballots cast. 

Candidates for membership must be proposed by a 
member, in writing, stating age, residence, and place 
of business, with three references ; said proposition 
is referred to an Investigating Committee. A fee of 
five dollars must accompany the application ; said sum 
to be returned to the member making the proposal 
should the same be acted upon unfavorably, or deducted 
from the initiation fee if the candidate is elected and 
presents himself for qualification within six months 
from the date of his election, but said sum is forfeited 
to the Society should he fail to appear within that 
time, the election becoming void. 

The active membership fee is graduated as follows: 
For persons between the ages of twenty-one and thirty 
years, twelve dollars; between thirty and thirty-five, 
fifteen dollars; between thirty-five and forty, eighteen 
dollars; between forty and forty-five, twenty-four 
dollars: payable upon signing the Constitution. 


Franklin Typographical Society 5 

The regular assessments are six dollars a year, 
payable quarterly, on the first days of January, April, 
July, and October. 

Neglect to pay the regular assessments for six 
months subjects the delinquent to forfeiture of bene¬ 
fits for three months after payment, and loss of 
membership is the penalty for failure to pay for one 
year. 

HONORARY MEMBERSHIP 

By a provision in the Constitution any person, 
whether connected with the printing business or not, 
may become an Honorary Member, upon proposition 
and ballot, the candidate receiving three-fourths of the 
ballots cast, and paying into the treasury a sum not less 
than ten dollars. 

Honorary Members are entitled to the privileges of 
the library, but are not entitled to benefits in case of 
sickness, and they are not subject to assessments. 

This provision has been availed of by a large 
number of publishers, master-printers, and others more 
or less intimately associated with the craft (and also 
by some generous-spirited men and women not con¬ 
nected with the printing business), who have thus, 
without taking any active part, manifested an interest 
in the existence, welfare, and importance of the 
Society. 

The money obtained from this source is placed in 
a Standing Fund known as the Honorary Members’ 
Fund, only the interest of which can be used for the 
purposes of the Society. 

BENEFITS 

Every member, properly qualified, in case of sickness 
or disability preventing him from earning a livelihood 


6 A Few Facts Relating to the 

at the printing or any other business, is entitled to 
the sum of five dollars per week, commencing on 
the eighth day from the date of such sickness or dis¬ 
ability, except it be shown that the same arises from 
improper or immoral conduct; provided, however, 
that the sum paid per week may be reduced to four 
dollars when the surplus over the Standing Funds in 
the hands of the Treasurer is less than fifteen hundred 
dollars. 

Assessments are not demanded of a member while 
receiving benefits. 

All that is required of a sick member that he may 
receive benefits is, that he shall not be, or have been 
within three months, indebted to the Society for six 
months’ assessments, and that he shall give notice to 
the Secretary within one week from the commence¬ 
ment of his sickness ; or, in the event of absence 
from Boston, he is required to notify the Society 
within fourteen days thereafter, in writing, properly 
certified, addressed to the Secretary j also to continue 
to report himself in the same manner, once a month, 
previous to the first Thursday of each month, as long 
as he may remain sick. 

Upon the death of a member entitled to benefits 
the sum of seventy-five dollars is appropriated, and, if 
necessary, immediately paid to the widow or other 
representative of the heirs of the deceased member. 

Thus it will be seen that for a trivial sum, amount¬ 
ing to but little more than two cents per diem, any 
person obtaining membership in this Society provides 
an income during a period of sickness which, though 
not large in amount, is liberal considering the outlay, 
and would be, in most cases, of incalculable benefit at 
such a time. 


Franklin Typographical Society 7 


THE LIBRARY 

At an early period of the existence of this associa¬ 
tion a library was established, and every effort has 
since been made to continue the same commensurate 
with the growth of the Society. It now numbers over 
three thousand volumes, and embraces many of the 
most popular works of history, biography, fiction and 
poetry, besides books of practical value and miscella¬ 
neous interest, and is receiving constant accessions by 
purchases and donations. 

Members are entitled to receive four books per 
month for eleven months in the year ; and notwith¬ 
standing the multiplication of public libraries within 
recent years, and the consequent increased facilities 
for obtaining reading matter, there is no falling off in 
the call for books at the library, which indeed is an 
important feature of the Society. There are yet some 
vacant shelves, and additions to its catalogue are 
alwavs welcome. 

PRINTERS’ BURIAL LOT 

This Society and the Typographical Union No. 13 
are the joint owners of a lot in Mount Hope Ceme¬ 
tery, purchased for the purpose of providing a place 
of burial for deceased members of either Society, or 
printers not otherwise provided for. The lot is No. 
541 Mount Hope Avenue, contains 1496 square 
feet, is enclosed in a substantial iron fence and orna¬ 
mented by a marble obelisk 17 feet 6 inches in height. 
The whole expense was about 1,300, over ^1,000 
having been raised by subscription. The lot was 
' dedicated in i860, and is under the supervision of the 
two Societies. 


8 


A Few Facts Relating to the 

This lot has now but few vacancies, and as there is 
a constant demand for burial places for members of 
the craft without friends in the city, a new lot is a 
necessity, and should be provided in the near future. 

FUNDS OF THE SOCIETY 

The Standing Funds of the Society consist of the 
Regular Fund, which is the receptacle of the moneys 
that have from time to time reached the Society from 
other sources than its membership, together with such 
small amounts as the Society has been able to save 
from its regular income. 

One of the first, if not the first, to contribute to the 
Society funds was Isaiah Thomas, who, in answer to 
a letter of invitation to meet with the Society at its 
first anniversary in 1825, congratulates the Society 
upon its organization, regrets that the infirmities of age 
(he being seventy-six years old on January 19, 1825) 
prevent his making the long journey from Worcester 
to Boston in the middle of winter, and in a postscript 
says, “ I enclose ten dollars to be appropriated as the 
Society please.’’ Dr. Thomas in his will bequeathed 
^100 to the Society, and this sum was paid to its 
President in 1832. 

Among the correspondence on the files of the 
Society are several letters written to Treasurer Lillie 
(1837-1865) and signed “A Friend of the Society,” 
contributing sums of five and ten dollars, requesting 
that acknowledgment of the same be made in the 
‘‘Advertiser,” “Atlas,” or “Journal.” Another from 
one of the Active Members of 1858 returned ;^48.50 
that had been voted him for benefits, as he thought it 
“ may be instrumental in relieving some brother typo 
who may be less fortunate than myself.” (This act 


Franklin Typographical Society 9 

has been duplicated many times by other members in 
the past seventy-five years.) Still another letter, 
bearing date of January i, 1859, addressed to 
Treasurer Lillie, says that remarks in the newspapers 
relative to the Franklin Typographical Society 
remind me of days long since passed away. Some of 
the most amiable and intelligent men whom I have 
known have been amongst the members of this truly 
excellent association ; and as a testimonial of the high 
regard in which I hold your institution, both in a 
charitable and literary view, permit me through your 
agency to forward the enclosed sum in aid of its 
funds.” Signed, ‘‘ One of the Craft.” This letter is 
endorsed by Treasurer Lillie, Letter accompany¬ 
ing donation of ;^500.” Up to the present time the 
Society is not aware from whom it came. 

The Honorable Edward Everett, by request, on 
January 17, i860, delivered a lecture in Music Hall, 
Boston, for the benefit of the Franklin Typographical 
Society, and the net proceeds (nearly ^400) found 
lodgement in the Regular Fund. Mr. Everett declined 
any compensation. A half-length oil portrait of this 
famous orator, scholar, and statesman, received from 
the Eastburn estate, adorns the Society’s hall. 

Many and various other amounts, resulting from 
individual effort of members of the Society, singly or 
as entertainment committees, have helped to swell 
the Regular Fund. There is also incorporated in it 
1,000 bequeathed the Society by John H. Wilkins; 
a legacy of ^300 from Miss Catharine A. P. Lillie, 
a sister of Thomas J. Lillie, so long Treasurer of 
the Society; ^1,000 left to the Society by the will 
of Oliver Ditson; the legacy of ^1,000, which is the 
first item of the will of Luther Colby ; the Sawyer 




lo A Few Facts Relating to the 

Fund of ;^2,ooo, made up of two items, — the first 
being ^i,ooo bequeathed to the Society by Nathan 
Sawyer, the second, of $1,000 also, coming as a gift 
from his son, Henry N. Sawyer; and the contribution 
of the Master Printers’ Club of Boston, which was 
received on Franklin Night, January 17, 1899. 

This Regular Fund was the especial care of Treas¬ 
urer Lillie, during whose twenty-nine years of active 
and unceasing oversight are numbered those perilous 
times in the Society’s history when its dissolution 
was often agitated; and no “ nimble sixpence ” once 
lodged by him with the Society’s funds ever again 
wandered abroad with the vagrant shilling of frivolity 
or extravagance, but still performs its full duty in 
helping to provide an income for the Society. The 
fund now amounts to nearly ^11,000. 

The Eastburn Fund of ^5,782.65, bequeathed to 
the Society by John H. Eastburn, is a separate fund, 
as is also 

The Joy Fund of ;^3,ooo contributed by the 
executors of the will of Nabby Joy. 

The Honorary Members’ Fund of 1,265 
accumulated fees for Honorary Membership in the 
Society, and its list of contributors contains the names 
of many who are as keenly interested in the Society’s 
welfare as are any of its Active Members. 

The financial exhibit on page eleven gives an outline 
of the work of the “ Franklin ” for the past twenty-five 
years, and shows a steady gain in Standing Funds during 
that period. Attention is called to the fact that though 
the work of the Society has greatly increased, the 
expense of carrying on its work has not materially 
changed, and the cost to the Society for paying out a 
dollar of relief is but a few cents. 


Franklin Typographical Society 


11 


FINANCIAL EXHIBIT 

Year 

No. of 

Active Members 

Income from 
Dues and Member¬ 
ship Fees 

Income from 
Invested Funds 

Paid for 

Sick and Death 
Benefits 

Paid on 

Library Account 

Paid for Salaries 

and Incidentals 

Standing Funds 

and Cash on Hand 

1874 

186 

$836.56 

$519.60 

$777.00 

$201.25 

$238.75 

$7,318.30 

1875 

201 

872.18 

313.02 

563.00 

115.00 

335.51 

7,604.99 

1876 

230 

975.33 

381.83 

770.00 

115.00 

264.43 

7,833.47 

1877 

266 

1133.98 

361.41 

1255.00 

115.00 

231.76 

7,771.10 

1878 

289 

1268.02 

265.12 

1865.00 

15.00 

246.21 

7,197.17 

1879 

307 

1476.14 

281.80 

1550.00 

40.00 

187.96 

7,481.15 

1880 

322 

1639.90 

290.30 

1585.00 

65.00 

223.14 

7,825.70 

1881 

327 

1597.17 

249.37 

1885.00 

72.50 

211.88 

7,788.86 

1882 

330 

1552.48 

265.63 

1925.00 

25.00 

182.25 

7,507.68 

1883 

326 

1595.58 

295.48 

2027.00 

75.00 

181.50 

7,402.24 

1884 

325 

1747.67 

244.95 

2567.00 

37.50 

194.75 

7,007.00 

1885 

301 

1671.00 

283.31 

1558.00 

« • • * 

157.50 

7,613.42 

1886 

290 

1606.00 

608.06 

1243.00 

50.00 

72.50 

14,092.32 

1887 

297 

1663.25 

508.08 

1463.00 

382.70 

373.14 

14,220.20 

1888 

332 

2110.50 

564.18 

2030.00 

50.00 

311.37 

14,545.77 

1889 

341 

1956.00 

400.70 

3286.50 

136.40 

182.71 

14,444.62 

1890 

348 

2036.00 

1161.40 

2420.00 

• * • • 

299.84 

15,507.73 

1891 

347 

2041.00 

1565.22 

2461.00 

50.00 

133.36 

16,719.46 

1892 

365 

2048.00 

1684.41 

3335.00 

50.00 

184.98 

17,685.04 

1893 

412 

2518.50 

1551.27 

3910.00 

50.00 

190.16 

17,835.60 

1894 

414 

2411.00 

1114.63 

4628.00 

65.00 

157.77 

16,676.96 

1895 

428 

2662.50 

1437.57 

3220.00 

24.00 

136.88 

16,523.36 

1896 

426 

2388.00 

1140.09 

3926.00 

40.00 

128.05 

20,324.24 

1897 

423 

2356.00 

1419.43 

4104.00 

■ • • • 

192.12 

19,859.05 

1898 

426 

2596.00 

1186.55 

3793.00 

20.00 

135.56 

20,876.07 


















12 


A Few Facts Relating to the 


A WORD TO THE CRAFT 

Notwithstanding the peculiar adaptability of this 
institution to the place it was intended to fill, with its 
manifest advantages in its particular sphere over any 
accident, health, or life insurance plan, and the con¬ 
stant demand made upon the craft for the aid of the 
unfortunate as well as improvident among the disciples 
of the “ art preservative ” and its adjuncts, the mem¬ 
bership of the Society, though now standing at its best, 
has never attained the dimensions its founders had 
a right to expect, or its merits and faithful service 
abundantly deserve. 

The late John H. Eastburn, a worthy printer of 
Boston, whose munificent bequest of nearly six 
thousand dollars and a free bed at the Massachusetts 
General Hospital has been of inestimable value to the 
Society in its relief work, recognizing the benefits 
which members of his guild receive from various 
representative societies, said in his will: This legacy 
is given to mark my esteem for the members of the 
printing profession, the art preservative of all arts, and 
also to offer inducements to every member of the 
profession in the city of Boston and its vicinity to 
join the Society.” 

In view of this and the many other inducements 
which the Society offers, it seems strange that only a 
small number of the members of the craft have availed 
themselves of the privileges of this venerable and 
worthy organization. Every man in Boston and 
vicinity, eligible to membership, should be proud to 
have his name inscribed on its rolls. It will promote 
his material welfare; it will be his friend in the time 
of need. 


13 


Franklin Typographical Society 

A glance at the list of members and the roll of past 
officers will show that some of the leading citizens of 
Boston have taken an active interest in the work of 
the Society j and knowing the good it has done, and 
the honorable place it fills in the community, many 
of them have contributed liberally to its support. 

The sick-list of the past few years has been very 
large, and has drawn heavily upon the resources of 

the Society. For this reason the weekly benefits_ 

usually five dollars — have been reduced to four dollars 
during the past two years. The demands upon the 
treasury have kept pace with the increase of funds, 
and but for the timely assistance of friends the relief 
work would have been greatly reduced. 

The voluntary contribution of the Master Printers’ 
Club of Boston at the seventy-fifth anniversary of the 
Society, and their promises for the future, will be a 
great help in this direction. With larger means at its 
command, the Society could easily enlarge the sphere 
of its usefulness and do much more than has yet 
been attempted. By the introduction of linotype 
machines in newspaper offices, large numbers of com¬ 
positors— especially those advanced in years — have 
been thrown out of employment, or at best are able 
to get but two or three days’ work each week. Many 
of these have been unable to provide a competence 
for the proverbial rainy day, and will require aid when 
they become too old to help themselves. The Frank¬ 
lin Typographical Society will do all it can to relieve 
cases of this kind ; but in its present financial condi¬ 
tion, and considering the large amount it is paying 
each year for the relief of sick members, it cannot do 
as much in this direction as should be done. The 
addition of a few thousand dollars to the Society’s 
funds would greatly help this work. 


14 A Few Facts Relating to the 

Money given to the Franklin Typographical So¬ 
ciety is used only for the purpose for which it has 
been contributed. It is one of the most economically 
conducted societies in existence. It spends none 
of its money for banquets; it has no high-salaried 
officers; its work is performed as a labor of love. 
Less than two hundred dollars a year pays its entire 
management expenses. A dollar added to its funds 
will produce one hundred cents worth of relief. 

Any one desiring to aid the Society in its work may 
address the Treasurer,Leonard Raymond, 22 Mountain 
Avenue, Somerville, Mass., to whom all contributions 
should be sent. 


FORM OF BEQUEST TO THE 
Franklin Typographical Society 


I give, devise, and bequeath to the 
Franklin Typographical Society, 
in the City of Boston, and State of 
Massachusetts, the sum of 


FRIENDS AND BENEFACTORS 

Isaiah Thomas, mentioned as one of the first donors of the 
Society, was born in Boston in 1749 , and died In Worcester, 
April 4 , 1831 , aged 82 . He was a distinguished printer, pub¬ 
lisher, and author of his time; a participant in the Lexington- 
Concord battle, April 19 , 1775 , ^^d a patriot so ardent and 
outspoken that the atmosphere of Boston became oppressive, 
causing him to remove to Worcester, where he established the 
“ Worcester Spy,” which is still published ; an antiquarian of 
note, and founder of the American Antiquarian Society, of which 




Franklin Typographical Society 15 

he was president and most liberal patron. For his services in the 
cause of letters received the degree of LL.D. from the Alleghany 
College of Pennsylvania, and maintained through life a character 
distinguished for integrity, patriotism, and philanthropy. He 
was elected an Honorary Member in 1825. 

John H. Wilkins, by whose will the Society profited to the 
extent of $ 1 ,000, died December 5,1861. He was the founder 
of the paper business now known as the Rice-Kendall Company, 
and was a prominent figure in the State, City, and religious life 
of Boston for many years before his death, but was not con¬ 
nected with the Franklin Typographical Society. 

John H. Eastburn was a Bostonian by birth. Early left 
fatherless, he was apprenticed at the age of fifteen to Major Ben 
Russell of the ‘‘ Columbian Centinel,” with whom he remained 
until his majority in 1826, when he began the business career 
that ended only with his death. Possessing a strong love for 
his profession of a printer, diligent, honorable, and with strict 
integrity, he was enabled to say In his later years : “Though my 
early life was one of unwearied labor and perseverance, my after 
life has been blest — thanks be to God — with an ample fortune 
and good health.” For thirty-seven years he was City Printer 
of Boston, and his imprint appeared on the best book and job 
printing in New England. It is said that Daniel Webster, after 
a growl over the style of work executed by Washington printers, 
which had been favorably compared with that of Caxton and 
Franklin, remarked: “ Caxton and Franklin were great men, but 
they are dead. I do not despise the meanest of their produc¬ 
tions, but I want printing such as honest John Eastburn whisks 
from his tympan.” An oil portrait of Mr. Eastburn hangs in 
Franklin Hall, a companion to that of his friend, Edward 
Everett, and it is a constant reminder of as fine a specimen of 
a self-made man as ever sprung from New England stock. 
Though the Franklin Typographical Society benefited largely 
by his will, Mr. Eastburn was never enrolled upon its member¬ 
ship list. 

Oliver DItson, the well-known music publisher, joined the 
Society as an Active Member In 1832, and was its President in 
1835. He withdrew from Active Membership in 1836, but was 
a frequent contributor to the funds during his life. He became 
an Honorary Member In 1874. He bequeathed the Society 
one thousand dollars. 


16 A Few Facts Relating to the 

Nathan Sawyer joined this Society in 1844 as an Active 
Member, but retired from the Active list in 1850 and became an 
Honorary Member in 1885. He was the founder and head of 
the printing business known as Nathan Sawyer & Son. Mr. 
Henry N. Sawyer, who was associated with his father, still 
continues the business under the old name. He is also an 
Honorary Member of the Society, and is actively interested in 
its welfare. 

Luther Colby, editor of the Banner of Light,” was a warm 
friend of the “ Franklin,” and had been an Honorary Member 
since 1872. The first item of his will reads: “First, to the 
Franklin Typographical Society of Boston, of which Society I 
have been an Honorary Member for a number of years, I give 
the sum of One Thousand Dollars.” (The Massachusetts 
Inheritance Law is accountable for fifty dollars of this legacy that 
the Society did not get.) 

Nabby Joy was born in Boston, and was the daughter of 
John and Abigail Joy. Her father owned a large amount of 
real estate on Beacon Hill, his property comprising a part 
of that formerly held by John Singleton Copley. Joy Street 
was named for her father. She lived at 32 Mount Vernon 
Street, and died there on July 30, 1869, aged 78 years and 6 
months. In her will, after bequests to relatives, she directed 
that the executors should give the residue, which amounted to 
nearly ^100,000, to charitable organizations. The aims and 
objects of the Franklin Typographical Society having been 
presented to the executors, they gave to it the sum of $3,000, 
with the express condition that the interest only should be used 
by the Society, and that it should be known as the “Joy Fund.” 

Stephen N. Stockwell, whose bequest of a free bed in the 
Homoeopathic Hospital is of so much benefit to the members of 
the Society, was born at Hardwick, Mass., August 31, 1823. 
His parents moved to Worcester, Mass., when he was but a few 
months old, and his early days were passed in that city. From 
the time of his majority until his death at Hillside, Roxbury, 
April 8, 1881, his life was almost wholly identified with Boston 
and the “ Boston Journal,” where he filled nearly all the inter¬ 
mediate positions from compositor to editor-in-chief with rare 
ability and unsurpassed fidelity. A portrait of Mr. Stockwell, 
presented to the Society by his widow, has a place in Franklin 
Hall. He was never a member of the Society. 


Franklin Typographical Society 17 

In the death of John K. Rogers of the Boston Type Foundry, 
this Society lost one of its most Interested Honorary Members. 
He was ever ready in word and deed to further its interests, and 
seemed to consider it an especial favor to be allowed to contribute 
a check for the benefit of its treasury. 

Hon. Hugh O’Brien was born in Ireland ; when five years of 
age, he came with his parents to this country, and received his 
education in the public schools of Boston, graduating from the 
Boylston School on Fort Hill ; in his twelfth year he entered 
the office of the “ Boston Courier ” to learn the printing trade, 
and from thence to the book and job office of Tuttle, Dennett 
& Chisholm, of which he became foreman at an early age. 
Several years later he joined a copartnership which established 
the “Shipping and Commercial List,” of which he was the 
editor. His public career began in 1875, when he was elected 
to the Board of Aldermen 5 was re-elected In 1876, 1877,1879, 
1880, 1881, 1883, and was chairman of the board during the 
last four years of his service j for four years, 1885-1888, in¬ 
clusive, he was mayor of the city. He joined the Franklin 
Typographical Society in 1844 5 was its President in 1850, and 
Treasurer in 1871 and until his decease, August i, 1895 ; he 
was proud of his office, constantly assuring the Society of this at 
the repeated annual elections, and never neglected the work, 
notwithstanding the numerous public offices he was called upon 
to hold. The model In plaster of his fine bronze bust in the 
Public Library was presented to the Society by his family, and 
occupies a prominent position In Franklin Hall. Two of his 
sons are members of the Society, — one Honorary and one 
Active. 

In the death of Captain William H. Cundy, which occurred 
at Tampa, Florida, February 19, 1897, the Franklin Typo¬ 
graphical Society lost its most loving, its most devoted, its 
best friend. Others have done as much for the Society In 
some directions 5 In some ways others perhaps have done more ; 
but considering all that he was to the Society, and all that It 
was to him, and remembering all that he did for it, we are 
fully warranted In placing him foremost and above all. He 
came Into the Society June 5, 1852, and he remained in It con¬ 
tinuously to the end. He was the leader In the purchase of the 
burial lot in Mount Hope Cemetery In 1859—60, and solicited 
the larger part of the subscriptions. He was a member of the 


18 Franklin Typographical Society 

committee on the semi-centennial celebration of the Society in 
Odd Fellows’ Hall in 1874, and he presided on that occasion. 
He was President in 1874 and 1875, and at the September 
meeting following the death of Hon. Hugh O’Brien in 1895 he 
was elected Treasurer, a position which he retained up to the time 
of his death ; and it was largely through his advice and activity 
that the Society now has a home of its own. What he did was 
so much a labor of love, so much a natural and necessary thing 
to do, that he of all our members was perhaps the least conscious 
of the scope and value of his services. 

All those deeply interested in the Franklin Typographical 
Society would be surprised if any facts concerning its benefactors 
and prominent members were published without mention of the 
genial, jovial, loving, and beloved Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber, 
one of the earliest of the famous coterie of American humorists 
who have done so much to amuse the English-speaking race, 
and one whose humor was always agreeable and left no sting 
behind. Besides being the originator of the Partington 
Papers,” under the ^om de plume of Mrs. Partington, which 
character he made famous, he was an editorial and space writer 
of originality and interest, a poet of repute whose collected 
poems in book form were well received by the public generally, 
and furnished the Society on various occasions with appropriate 
verse. He was born in Portsmouth, N. H., July 12, 1814, 
joined the Society, January, 1847, and though not taking an 
active part in its business, was a stanch supporter and believer 
in its methods and its work, and died November 24, 1890. 
On the evening of March 5, 1896, his daughter. Miss Carrie P. 
Shillaber, favored the Society, on what was designated as Ladies’ 
Night,” the hall being well filled by members and others with 
their lady friends, with a paper composed of wise and witty 
sayings from her father’s writings, which she called “ Parting- 
tonia 5 ” and the matter and her rendition were received with 
much mirth and hearty applause. 

Among the members of the Master Printers’ Club of Boston 
are to be found some of the Society’s most valued friends ; and 
should any circumstance sunder the bond of friendship that 
unites the two Societies, the loss to the Franklin Typographical 
Society would be well-nigh irreparable. 


Members of the Franklin 
Typographical Society 

WITH THE YEAR OF THEIR ADMISSION 

AN ASTERISK {*) DENOTES DECEASED MEMBERS 


HONORARY MEMBERS 


* Andrews, Charles H. . . 1872 

* Andrews, Justin .... 1872 

Adams, Ephraim .... 1892 

* Blanchard, William G. . . 1872 

Burlen, Robert .... 1876 

Berwick, James .... 1890 

Berry, Augustus N, . . . 1890 

Barron, Clarence W. . . 1892 

Barrett, William E. . . . 1893 

Barta, Louis.1894 

* Clapp, William W. . . . 1872 

* Clapp, David.1872 

* Colby, Luther.1872 

* Crockett, William D. . . 1872 

Cushing, J. Stearns . . . 1878 

Carruth, Herbert S. . . . 1881 

Clarke, Greenleaf .... 1883 

* Churchill, Gardner A. . . 1889 

Cundy, Mrs. Elizabeth S. 1892 
Carter, John.1895 

* Deland, Washington L. . 1871 

Dodd, Horace.1871 

* Deake, George .... 1872 

Donahoe, Patrick . . . 1872 

* Dow, James B.1872 

* Dutton, Henry W. . . . 1872 

* Ditson, Oliver .... 1874 

^ Dow, Moses A.1880 

Durant, William .... 1880 

Dennison, Edward H. . . 1892 

Ellis, George H.1891 

Estes, Dana.1892 

Flanders, Henry . . . . 1871 

Field, R. M.1880 

* Fleming, Edwin .... 1890 

Ford, Daniel S.1893 

Fairbanks, Fred. C. . . . 1899 


* Greene, Charles G. . , . 1872 

Guild, Curtis.1872 

Golding, William H. . . 1892 

Haskell, Edwin B. . . . 1872 

Hilling, John B. ... 1873 

* Heymer, J. C.1882 

* Houghton, H. O. . . . 1890 

Houghton, H. O., Jr. . . 1890 

Hart, Thomas N. ... 1893 

Hansen, H. C.1894 

Haynes, John C.1894 

Hallett, Albert .... 1895 

Heymer, J. Edward . . . 1895 

Kay, James Murray. . . 1890 

Kimball, George . . . . 1891 

Knight, Clarence PL . , 1899 

Lunt, A. M.1872 

* Lewis, John A.1874 

* Marsh, Benjamin F. . . 1832 

* Mendum, Josiah P. . . 1872 

* Mudge, Alfred .... 1872 

Morrill, George H. . . . 1874 

Mills, Frederick .... 1882 

Mudge, Frank H. ... 1882 

Murphy, Michael J. . . . 1882 

* Montefiore, Sir Moses . . 1883 

* McGlenen, Harry A. . . 1888 

Mifflin, George H. . . . 1890 

* Maguire, Patrick . . . 1895 

Mudge, Alfred .... 1899 

Nichols, Thomas P. . . . 1899 

Osgood, Joseph H. . . . 1890 

O’Meara, Stephen . . . 1891 

O’Brien, James J. . . . 1897 

Orcutt, William D. . . . 1899 

* Pulsifer, Royal M. . . . 1872 

* Potter, Robert K. . . . 1872 


























* * 


20 A List of the Members of the 


Parker, Mrs. Sarah A. . . 1891 

* Parker, Henry G. ... 1892 

* Porter, Herbert . . . . 1896 

Peters, Charles J. ... 1896 

Peters, George E. . . . 1896 

Patterson, Wilfred . . . 1896 

* Rand, George C.1872 

Rich, Isaac B.1872 

* Rogers, John K. ... 1872 

Rand, Oliver J.1875 

Rockwell, Horace T. . . 1889 

Rogers, Mrs. John K. . . 1890 

Rogers, Daniel W. . . . 1890 

Ricker, James W. . . . 1892 

Searle, Frederick A. . . 1872 

Smart, James M. ... 1872 

* Snow, George K. . . . 1872 

* Sawyer, Nathan .... 1885 

Sawyer, Henry N. . . . 1889 

Stevens, Charles P. . . . 1890 

Shattuck, Edward J. . . 1890 


Smith, George H. . . . 1890 

Spaulding, John P. . . . 1893 

Smith, Thomas P. . . . 1896 

* Thomas, Isaiah .... 1825 

Turner, Alfred T. ... 1872 

Todd, Thomas .... 1890 

Taylor, Charles H. . . . 1893 

* Waters, Edwin F. . . . 1872 

* Wood, Russell P. . . . 1S78 

* Worthington, Roland . . 1872 

* Wright, Albert J. . . . 1871 

Wright, Albert J.1881 

* W^hitcomb, W. Fred . . 1881 

Ware, Joseph H. ... 1889 

Wilson, John.1890 

Wentworth, Charles E. . 1890 

Wood, Frank.1892 

Whitcomb, Mrs. Carrie E. 1893 
Woods, Edwin H. . . . 1893 

Whiting, Fred E. . . . 1893 

White, Herbert H. . . . 1899 


ACTIVE MEMBERS 


* Adams, Hiram .... 1824 

Adams, William D. . . 1826 

Allyn, John.1852 

Allen, George .... 1870 

Allen, Frederic A. . . . 1873 

Andrew, William H. . . 1874 

* Anderson, William . . . 1875 

Alexander, Thomas . . 1878 

Alexander, William V. . 1881 

* Alexander, Edward L. . 1883 

Adams, Fred W. . . . 1893 

Achesori, Henry S. . . 1894 

Anderson, Joseph H. . . 1895 

Atwood, John M. . . . 1895 

Allen, Vivian .... 1895 

Allen, Gannett F. . . . 1898 

* Bridgham, C. J. ... 1824 

* Burdett, John .... 1824 

* Blanchard, Nathaniel . . 1824 

* Bly, Charles.1844 

* Beyer, Joseph .... 1847 

* Belcher, Samuel J. . . . 1848 

Beal, Warren S. ... 1859 

* Bailey, Albon H. . . . 1863 

Burke, Patrick F. . . . 1864 

* Burke, Dennis A. . . . 1865 


Bigelow, George W. . . 1S65 

* Branscombe, William F. . 1870 

* Bath, Robert J. . . . 1872 

* Blair, George P'. . . . 1872 

* Bradley, Shepard H. . . 1873 

* Barrington, Thomas J. . 1873 

* Burgess, Daniel E. . . 1874 

Banks, Parker .... 1875 

Booth, Stephen .... 1875 

* Barnes, William J. . . 1877 

* Beers, Charles F. . . . 1877 

Bramhall, Charles E. . . 1878 

* Blake, Andrew M. . . . 1878 

Buker, Cyrus W. . . . 1879 

Brownell, A. W. . . . 1880 

* Bagley, Michael .... 1882 

* Blair, James T.1883 

Brown, Charles W. . . 1884 

Brehaut, James H. . . . 1887 

Billings, Arthur R. . . 1887 

* Barker, Joseph F. . . . 1888 

Broszell, Gustave A. . . 1888 

^ Brennan, James A. . . . 1888 

Broughton, George H. . 1888 

Byette, J. B.1889 

Bishop, W. M.1889 

Brewster, H. C.1889 













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Franklin Typographical Society 

21 

Berridge, T. W. . . 

. 1890 

* Coffin, E.B. . . 

Chapman, John W. 


1883 

Brehaut, William A. . 

. 1890 


1883 

Burton, Frank A. . . 

. 1891 

* Campbell, A. F. 

• • 

1883 

* Bennett, Edward J. 

. 1893 

Corr, James L. . . 

• 1 

1884 

Barnes, J. Alfred . . 

. 1893 

* Cooney, John J. . . 

• • 

1884 

Bailey, Lorenzo A. . . 

. 1893 

Crocker, George 

• • 

1886 

Benton, Jay B. . . . 

. 1893 

Caldwell, William F. 

• • 

1887 

Barry, Thomas A. . . 

. 1894 

Clarkson, John W. 

• • 

1S88 

Broderick, John A. 

• 1895 

. 189; 

. 1898 

Corbett, Alexander 

• • 

1888 

Bowles, A. Lincoln 

Crandon, Edwin S. 

• • 

1888 

Beale, Otis G. . . . 

Collins, David A. 


1888 

Cooke, William H. . . 

. 1824 

Calkins, Fred W. . 
Coughlin, Patrick F. 

0 • 

• * 

1888 

1889 

* Cotton, Jeduthan . . 

. 1824 

Cotter, Daniel F. . 

• « 

1889 

* Colesworthy, Nathaniel 

. 1826 

Carroll, Philip W. . 

• • 

1890 

* Cushing, Robert J . 

• 1833 

Crosman, Weldon L. 

• • 

1890 

* Clinton, James B. . . 

. 1833 

Cowan, John F. 

• • 

1891 

* Cushing, Samuel . . 

. 1833 

Cooke, Herbert W. 

• • 

1892 

*Coddington, Edward . 

. 1847 

Cox, Eben . . 

Crawley, Henry E. . 

• • 

1892 

* Cleveland, Henry J. 

. 1851 

• • 

1893 

» Clark, William T. . . 

. 1852 

Casey, Timothy D. 

• • 

1893 

*Cundy, William H. 

. 1852 

Crocker, William F. 

• • 

1893 

* Carlton, W. A. . . . 

• 1853 

Canevaro, Anthony 

• • 

1893 

* Chambers, John G. 

• 1853 

Corley, Francis A. . 

• • 

1893 

* Comer, Charles G. . . 

* Cooper, Charles A. 

. 1S54 

Coughlan, David X. 

• • 

1893 

. 1854 

Carswell, W. 0 . 

• • 

1893 

Corr, Bernard . . . 

. 1855 

Cohn, Reuben H. . 

* • 

1893 

Cox, James .... 

. 1856 

Curtis, Henry S. 

• • 

1893 

* Condle, Philip H. . 

. 1859 

* Cannon, James H. 

• • 

1893 

* Creighton, William . . 

. i860 

Cotton, Irving W. . 

, 1 

1894 

* Claverie, Thomas . . 

. 1861 

Crocker, Frank E. . 
Clark, Harry L. 

• • 

1894 

Callahan, John P. . . 

. 1863 

• • 

1894 

* Calkins, Charles W. 

. 1864 

Casey, Willet F. 

• • 

1895 

^Cunningham, Robert . 

. 1865 

Cahill, Arthur E. 

• • 

1895 

Cormack, Hamilton IM. 

. 1868 

Carmichael. Augustus 

D. 

1895 

* Cotter, James F. . . 

. 1868 

Conway, George 

• 

1895 

Cox, Cornelius F. . . 

. 1871 

Callahan, John . . 

. 

1897 

* Connolly, Lawrence 

. 1872 

Cruickshank, James E 


1897 

Chipman, Charles IL . 

• 1873 

Copeland, Charles P. 

. • 

1S98 

Curran, John F. . . 

Clark, Frank A. . . . 

• 1873 

• ^874 

* Devereaux, Henry L. 

. 

1831 

Corcoran, Michael . . 

• 1875 

* Damon, S T. . . 

• • 

1849 

Curran, Simon F. . . 

. 1875 

Danforth, Henry R. 

• • 

1859 

Cotter, William . 

. 1S76 

* Dwyer, Joseph J. . 

« • 

1863 

* Callahan, Eugene . . 

. 1876 

* Dasha, Timothy A. 

• • 

1863 

Chauncey, Robert . . 

. 1876 

Dodge, C. S. P. 

• • 

1871 

Clark, George F. . . 

. 1876 

* Dolan, William . 

• « 

1871 

* Carmichael, James R. 

• 1876 

Davis, George H, . 

• • 

1871 

* Crook, George F, . . 

. 1876 

* Doyle, P. J. . . • 


1872 

Calkins, Charles W. 

. 1877 

Druhan, Robert J. . 

• • 

1873 

* Cornish, Edward J. 

. 1877 

Drew, Henry W. 

• • 

1874 

Corcoran, Frank . . 

• T879 

Dunham, Herbert M. 
Demond, George A. 

• • 

1874 

* Conway, James J. . . 

. 1881 

• • 

1874 

Corbett, John . . • 

. 18S1 

* Dolan, D. F. . . 

• 

1875 









L. tf C. 


22 A List of the Members of the 


Doyle, Edward W. . 

• • 

1876 

Farwell, Daniel B. . . 


1884 

* Doherty, Bernard B, 

• • 

1877 

Fitzpatrick, John . . 

* 

1884 

* Duhig, Daniel T. . 

• • 

1877 

Fuller, Frank E. . . 

• 

t888 

* Donavon, Thomas F. 

• • 

1878 

Ford, John F., Jr. . . 


1888 

* Davis, William J. . 

* Durgin, Matthew . 

• • 

1879 

Foran, John H. . . . 

• 

1888 

• • 

1879 

Ferguson, Thomas 

• 

1888 

Duhig, John M. 

• • 

1881 

Ford, Fred W. . . . 

• 

1889 

Desmond, Cornelius 

• • 

1881 

Ford, Charles W. . . 

• 

1890 

Doherty, Michael J. 

, * 

1883 

Foster, Charles E. . . 

• 

1890 

DeCreney, George F. 

• • 

1S84 

Fobes, Willard H. . . 

Foley, Charles T. M. . 

• 

1890 

Devanna, William 
Doherty, Frank P. 

• • 

1886 


1891 

• • 

1887 

Flanagan, Frank . . 


1892 

Daly, William H. . 

• ♦ 

1887 

Field, James F. . . . 

• 

1893 

Daley, P. W. . . 

• • 

1887 

Fallis, Frank H. . . 

Fennerty, Herbert B. . 

• 

1895 

* Dailey, James A. 

• • 

1888 


1895 

* Donovan, Charles H. 

* Dolan, J. J. . . . 

• • 

1889 

Folger, Roland C. . . 

• 

1895 


1891 

Fleet, Alfred .... 

• 

1897 

•* Dean, Harry B. 

• • 

1893 

Finley, Charles H. 

• 

1897 

* Dwinell, Wilbert 0 . 

• * 

1893 

Finley, Leon G. . . 

• 

1897 

Dawson, George 

• • 

1895 

Foley, Henry J. . . 

• 

1898 

Doyle, Francis E. . 

» • 

1898 

Finlay, Arthur W. . . 

• 

1899 

* Ela, David H. . . 

• • 

1830 

* Goodridge, A. H. . . 

. 

1832 

Emerson, Parker 

• • 

1844 

* Gunn, D. M. ... 


1851 

* Easterbrook, Charles G. . 

1850 

* Gorman, John . . . 

• 

1856 

*Edmands, John J. . 

• • 

1859 

* Goodwin, John H. . . 


1859 

1860 

Edwards, Edward E. 

• • 

1859 

* Gill, Henry W. . . . 


* Emerson, Parker, Jr. 

• • 

1861 

* Goodridge, Oliver H. . 


1874 

. Estey, William H. . 

• • 

1866 

Gilligan, Andrew J. 

• 

1877 

Elder, H. Thomas . 

, * 

1874 

* Gale, William G. . . 


1877 

Emery, Hermann W. 


1877 

* Gordon, Donald M. 
Gilman, James A. . . 

* 

1878 

Esau, Benjamin B. 

• • 

1877 

• 

1881 

Elliott, John . . . 


1877 

Greene, Thomas F. 

• 

1883 

Enright, John A. 


1878 

Grant, Robert J. . . 

• 

1884 

Edmonds, Louis 

• • 

1882 

George, Stephen L. 

• 

1888 

Edmonds, James 

• • 

1888 

Gillis, Daniel W. . . 


1890 

Entwistle, Robert , 

• • 

1893 

Grannan, Daniel W. 


1893 

Edmunds, Alonzo D. 


1898 

Gorman, James P. . . 

• 

1893 

* Force, Charles L. . 

• • 

1824 

Gillespie, William E. . 
Guerin, P. J. ... 

• 

1893 

1893 

* Faxon, John . . 

• • 

1846 

Grant, J. Stanley . . 

• 

1895 

* Fisher, Henry J. 

• • 

1847 

Gay, Clarence N. . . 

• 

189S 

* Forrest, Gordon 

* Folev, John G. . . 

• • 

1853 

i860 

* Harris, T. Wilder , . 

• 

1831 

Freeman, John S. . 


1861 

* Hewes, H. M. . . . 

• 

1847 

Ford, William A. . 


1870 

* Hardy, A. B. ... 


1851 

Fitzgerald, James R. 

, * 

1874 

* Hurll, Harry .... 

• 

1853 

Fuller, Alvin B. . . 


1874 

* Hayes, Patrick . . . 

* Harrington, Henry W. 

• 

1853 

Fisk, Wilbur . . . 

• • 

1875 


1854 

*Fisk, George W. 

• • 

1875 

* Herrington, W. G. 

• 

1859 

Fitzgerald, James H. 

• • 

1875 

Herrington, Robert C. 

• 

1859 

Ferris, Frank M. 

• • 

1875 

* Hoyt, George F. . . 

• 

1859 

Flinn, Michael J. 

• • 

1876 

* Hamden, Charles W. . 

• 

1866 

Florentine, Charles P. 

• 

1876 

Huffmaster, I. . . . 

• 

1867 









Franklin Typographical Society 23 


Hill, John W. 

* Head, Alfred G. . . . 

Hill, David J. 

* Hardy, George C. . . . 

Harriman, John E. . . 

* Hoyt, John E. 

Holden, Charles W. . . 

Head, Abel , . . . . 

Hanley, John J. . . . 

Harrington, Charles F. . 
Handy, Henry A. . . . 

* Hickey, Michael . . . 

Hazewell, Edward W. 

Hill, Artemon L. . . . 

Hunt, George W. . . . 

Higgins, Martin P. . . 

* Hayes, John W. . . . 

Hanrahan, Timothy . 

* Harris, Fenwick W. . . 

Hearn, James J. ... 

Hurll, John C. 

Hogan, Edward F. . . 

Haskell, E. L. 

* Howard, John A. . . . 

Harpan, Joseph W. . . 

Hill, William H. W. . . 
Hickey, William Fred 
Harding, William F. . . 

Hurll, William C. W. . . 

Hickey, Andrew P. . . 

Hurley, Eugene W. . . 

Howland, Shepard . . . 

Higgins, Fred A. . . . 

Holden, William H. . . 

Ingalls, Frederick P. . . 

Isfort, Bernard W. . . 

* Jefferson, Orestes . . ’. 

Jones, John L., Jr. . . 

Jordan, William H., ist . 
Jaquith, J. B. 

* Jordan, John F. ... 

* Jenks, Francis H. . . . 

Jordan, William H., ad . 
Johnstone, J. B. . . . 

Jones, William H. . . . 

Joslin, Herbert A. . . . 

Kenyon, William H. . . 

* Kiley, John. 

Kinnear, John .... 
King, John A. 

* Kinnear, J. Frank . . . 


1869 

1869 

1870 

1871 
1871 
1871 
1871 
1871 
1876 

1876 

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1879 
18S2 
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1876 
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i88o 


Knock, Malcolm A. 
Kelly, Joseph M. . . 

* Keach, Albert J. . . 

Keenan, Stephen F. . 
Kennedy, James M. . 
Kane, Robert J. . . 

Kinnure, John D. . . 

Kelley, Peter F. . . 

Kelly, Milton . . . 

Kenny, Joseph P. . . 

j * Lillie, Thomas J. . . 
j * Learned, Gearfield . . 

I * Langford, George A. . 

I Leadbetter, Charles 
j * Lovett, Joseph I. . . 

I Lucy, Anthony . . . 

Lane, Thomas J. . . 

Lewis, Frank P. . . 

Lucas, James J. . . . 

* Levy, Edwin E. . . 

Loring, Edwin S. . . 

Locke, William S., Jr. 
Lyon, George 1 . . . . 

Lambert, Matthias J. . 

Lorway, J. 

Lougee, George A. . . 

Lockhart, James . . 

Lee, Daniel .... 
Lancaster, Charles E. N. 

* Macnair, Robert W. . 

* Morse, J esse .... 

* Merrill, Gilman . . . 

* Marden, William . . 

* Marden, William P. 

Mead, Charles C. . . 

* Maguire, Philip . . 

I * McFarland, George \V. 

! Madigan, William . . 

i Mansfield, C. W. G. . 
i * Magee, John B. . . 

I ^ Morton, George P. 
j * Marden, David . . . 

I * Mason, John J. . . . 

i * Markham, Mark B. . 

* Manks, James M. . . 

* May, Isaac W. . . . 

* Mason, Samuel W. 

* Murch, Lemuel . . . 

Moreland, John H. 

* Miles, Edmund . . . 

•* Masterson, P. H. . . 

McGill, James D. . . 


i88i 

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1888 

1890 

1892 

1895 

1895 

1898 

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1827 

1830 

1849 

1855 

1870 

1871 
1876 
1881 
18S3 
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24 A List of the Members of the 


Miles, Francis H. . . 

*■ Moloney, W. A. . . 

* McCabe, Charles A. 
McCarthy, Daniel J. . 
Moreton, William T. . 

* McCarty, William P. . 
Maxwell, J. Haines 
Mahoney, Thomas F. , 
Meehan, James M. 

* Murphy, Stephen D. . 

Moloney, James . . 

Martin, James H. . . 

Meyer, Jacob, Jr. . . 

Minton, John J. . . 

McCarthy, John, ist . 
Mullan, William . . 

Murphy, James C. 
Moriarty, William P. . 
McCarthy, John, 2d 
Maguire, William II. . 
Muilin, John A. 

Murphy, Charles J. 
McElroy, J. B. G. . . 

McBride, Francis J. 
Mansfield, Patrick J. . 
McDermott, John . . 

Marchant, A. H. . . 

McCloskey, W. F. 
Murphy, Michael A. . 
Morse, Almand W. 

^Mulcahy, Dennis F. 
Murphy, Frederick M. 
Murphy, James F. . . 

McLauchlan, Robert P. 
McCoubrey, John C. . 
McKenney, Fred H. . 
Murphy, William D. . 
McMahon, James C. . 
McBride, Sylvester J. . 
Maguire, Thomas C. . 
Mandell, George S. 
Marshall, John R. . . 

McDade, John C. . . 

McGoogan, John . . 

Moloney, Frederick J. . 
McLain, William H. . 
McPhail, John M. . . 

McPhail, Norman E. . 
Morse, Thomas E. . . 

* Neill, John F. . . . 

Nelson, William H. 
Nolan, James J. . . 

Neill, James T. . . . 


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1874 

1875 

1876 

1877 
1877 

1881 

1882 

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1883 
1883 

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1884 

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1887 
1887 

1887 

1888 

1888 

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1893 
1893 
1893 
1893 
T893 
1893 

1893 

1894 

1894 

1895 

1895 

1896 
1898 

1898 

1899 
1899 

1861 

1868 

1870 

1874 


Nugent, Richard J.. 
Nichols, John C. 
Noble, Clarence A. . 
Norton, John . . . 

Nevins, Sinon J. 
Nevins, George E. . 

O’Brien, Hugh . . 

* O’Brien, Thomas J. 

O’Mara, William . 
O’Donnell, John H. 
Owler, Charles B. . 
Ogilvie, Lawrence S. 
O’Mealley, Peter D. 

* 0 ’Mealley, William 

* Osgood, Walter G. . 

O’Connor, F. J. . . 

O’Brien, John J. 
O’Halloran, Hugh . 
O’Connell, Thomas, J 
Osborne, Arthur D. 
O’Brien, Thomas C. 

* Parker, William A. 

* Patton, James S. . 

* Pickance, William . 

* Price, Theodore H. 

* Peters, Isaac A. 

* Polston, George LI. 
Pitman, Alexander C. 
Phinney, Joseph W. 
Pulsford, Arthur 

* Perry, Edwin T. 

Power, P. J. . . ■ 

Pollard, Thomas H. 
Powell, Walter E. . 
Phinney, Alfred . . 

Post, Fred S. . . 

Pym, James . . . 

Potter, Henry J. 
Parker, Arthur C. . 
Presby, Frank A. . 
Post, William E. 
Pearce, William F, . 
Preece, Arthur W. . 
Phinney, Charles H. 

Quinn, William J. . 
Quimby, Charles O. 
Quinn, Michael F. . 

* Roberts, Alexander. 

* Randall, Charles A. 

* Rollins, C. L. . . 


. 1879 

. 1889 

. 1891 

• 1893 

. 1893 

• 1895 

. 1844 

. 1850 

. 1858 

. 1870 

. 1870 

. 1877 
. 1878 

, 1881 

. 1886 

. 1888 

. 1890 

. 1893 

. 1893 

. 1897 

. 1899 

. 1824 

. 1824 

. 1832 

. 1851 

. 1858 

• 1863 

. 1866 

. 1874 
. 1875 
. 1878 

. 1879 

. 1882 

. 1883 

. 1887 

. 1888 

. 1888 

. 1889 

. 1892 

• 1893 

. 1895 

. 1895 
. 1898 

. 1898 

. 1858 

. 1866 

. 1877 

. 1824 

. 1849 

. 1855 








Franklin Typographical Society 25 


* Reed, Isaac T. . . . 


1859 

* Regan, John C. . . . 


1859 

* Reed, John .... 


1859 

Rhodes, Lyman . . . 


1862 

Richardson, Homer L. 


1872 

Ruston, W. H. . . . 


1873 

* Rawlins, James J. . . 


1873 

Ripley, Thomas W. 


1874 

* Ross, Charles W. . . 


1875 

Raymond, Leonard . . 


1875 

* Richardson, Osman W. 


1875 

Rodgers, James . . . 


1875 

Robson, W. 0. . . . 


1875 

Reid, William B. . . 


1876 

* Roney, J oseph . . . 


1878 

Ruhl, John A. . . . 


1881 

Riley, Charles H. . . 


1883 

Raymond, Edward W. 


1888 

Riley, J. H. 


1891 

Roche, Joseph F. . . 


1891 

Rossall, Arthur Hoyle 


1892 

Rowell, Wilbur F. . . 


1893 

Ryan, Edward W. . . 


1893 

Ranagan, Edwin F. 


1893 

Reed, Frank E. . . . 


1893 

Rowe, Daniel . . . 


1897 

* Roberts, Henry W. 


1897 

Rogan, John F. . . . 


1897 

Roberts, Henry P. . . 


1898 

* Sawin, Mortimer . . 


1824 

Sargent, Joseph L. 


1824 

* Shelton, William F. 


1839 

*• Shillaber, Benjamin P. 


1847 

* Sawyer, William T. 


1847 

* Still, Francis C. . . . 


1850 

* Simpson, Benjamin 


1850 

Squire, Henry . , 


i 8 s 3 

Stevenson, Nathaniel H. 


1858 

* Saxton, Henry L. . . 


1859 

Smith, Daniel W. . . 


1859 

* Sutton, George . . . 


1863 

Smith, William H. . . 


1868 

Smith, Charles S. . . 


1869 

Smith, Stephen G. . . 


1871 

Sweeney, Daniel J. . . 


1874 

Smith, Frank C. . . 


1876 

Smith, James G. . . 


1876 

Semple, Alexander, Sr. 


1876 

*Sellon, Andrew J. . . 


1877 

Sheridan, John S. . . 


1877 

Slocomb, Edwin L. 


1878 

Schmalhoff, Jacob . . 


1878 

Skelley, Christopher F. 


1879 


Sleeper, George W. . . i88i 

Sampson, William F. . . 1882 

Sullivan, Daniel P. . . . 1S82 

Stephenson, Thomas C. . 1883 

Schubarth, Albert . . . 1883 

Skelley, James F. . . . 1886 

Studley, Edmund D. . . 1888 

Sutton, William W. . . 1890 

Smyth, Fred H. ... 1890 

Sullivan, Thomas G. . . 1892 

Stoddard, Harry W. . . 1893 

Stroud, Fred A., Jr. . . 1893 

Sampson, William W. , 1893 

Stimpson, Frank W. . . 1894 

Sullivan, Daniel J. . . . 1894 

Sweeney, Eugene F, . . 1894 

Sweeney, Daniel E. . . 1894 

Sweeney, Charles B. . . 1895 

Sampson, R. E. ... 1895 

Sommers, Louis A. . . 1895 

Sunderland, Edward . . 1897 

Silva, Matthew R. . . . 1897 

Sinnott, James J. . . . 1898 

Sands, Charles L. . . . 1898 

Sullivan, John F. . . . 1898 

Stephenson, Leonard L. . 1898 

Tucker, Joseph B. . . . 1869 

* Tivnan, Patrick .... 1870 

Thayer, Percy B. S. . . 1873 

Thomas, Owen J. . . . 1876 

* Thayer, William M. . . 1881 

Thomas, William J. . . 1883 

Tyler, Frank B. ... 1888 

Thayer, Edwin M. . . . 1888 

Talbot, Emory H. . . . 18S8 

Tillman, Charles . . . 1895 

Upham, Murray C. . . 1874 

Vincent, John .... 1874 

Van Emden, Louis , . . 1888 

Vondal, Joseph L. . . . 1893 

Vinton, Raymond B. . . 1894 

* Wentworth, James . . . 1824 

*Wier, Robert .... 1834 

* Watson, George B. . . 1836 

* Wilder, Silas W. . . . 1845 

* Woodwell, Charles H. . . 1851 

* Wright, Henry .... 1852 

* White, Austin J. . . . 1853 

Whitcomb, Henry C. . . 1859 

Whitcomb, John D. . . 1859 













* * 


26 Members and 


* Wilson, John H. . . . i860 

* Walker, Erving .... 1861 

* Wilkinson, James F. . . 1867 

^ Wilson, A. W., Jr. . . 1869 

Whitcomb, E. B. . . . 1871 

Ward, William H. . . . 1872 

* Wadman, Theophilus G. . 1874 

Winsor, Willis de Los . 1876 

Wilson, David .... 1877 

Wilson, William E. . . 1877 

Whittle, William . . . 1878 

Williams, William . . . 1878 

* Walsh, M. R.1879 

Weinschenk, Gustave . . 1879 

Whitney, Frederic B. . 1880 

Wilson, James .... 1882 

Woodley, Edward W. . . 1886 

Waterman, Herbert A. . 1886 


Officers of the 


Warde, Ernest F. . . . 1887 

Wingate, Charles E. L. . 1887 

Wadman, Elmer E. . . 1888 

Walsh, Peter.1888 

Walsh, Robert B. . . . 1888 

Ware, Walter G. . . . 1890 

Weeks, B. A.1890 

* Wallace, William R. . . 1892 

Willis, Arthur M. . . . 1893 

Watson, Thomas J. . . 1893 

Wald, Rudolf .... 1896 

Wischmann, Herman F. . 1896 

Whalen, Thomas A. . . 1898 

Whalen, George D. . . 1899 

Walch, Rodney W. . . 1899 

Wickens, John .... 1899 

Young, George L. . . . 1899 


OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY 

FROM ITS ORGANIZATION TO MDCCCXCIX 


* Hiram Tupper . . 

* John Eaton . . . 

* Joseph Weber . . . 

* Oliver Ditson . . . 

* Alfred Mudge . . . 

* John Eaton . . . 

* Thomas W. Harris . 

* Silas W. Wilder . . 

* Hugh O’Brien . . 

* A. H. Goodridge 

* George B. Watson 

* Charles A. Randall . 
Frederick P. Ingalls . 

* Charles H. Woodwell 
C. W. G. Mansfield . 

* Parker Emerson . . 

* Charles H. Woodwell 

* Andrew McCoubrey . 

Warren S. Beal . . 

^'•Charles H. Woodwell 
John Gorman . . . 

Henry J. Cleveland . 


PRESIDENTS 


1824-1832 

1833 

1834 

1835 

1836-1837 

1838-1844 

1845-1847 

1848-1849 

1850 

1851 

1852 

1853 

1854 

1855 

1856 

1857 
1858-1860 

1861 

1862-1864 

1865 

1866-1867 

1868-1869 


Henry R. Danforth . 
Lyman Rhodes . . 

George W. Bigelow . 

* Charles W. Calkins . 

* William H. Cundy 

Bernard Corr . . . 

William J. Quinn . . 
Henry Squire . . . 

James J. Nolan . . 

John Kinnear . . . 

John D. Whitcomb . 
William Whittle . . 

* William Anderson 

* Theoph. G. Wadman 

William B. Reid . . 
Nath. H. Stevenson . 
George C. Hardy . . 

Malcolm A. Knock . 
Murray C. Upham . 
Martin P. Higgins 
John Vincent . . . 


SECRETARIES 


* Samuel W. Mortimer 1824 

* John M. Hewes (6 mo.) ) 

■* Ovid Miner (4 mo.) ,• 1825 

* Henry Mason (2 mo.) ) 


* Jesse Morse . . . 

* William Learnard 

Thomas Gill, Jr. . . 

* Frederick Nichols 


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1871 

1872 

1873 

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1876 

1877 
1878-1879 

1880 

1881-1882 

1883-1884 

1S85 

1886-1887 

1888-1889 

1890 

1891 
1892-1893 

1894 

1895-1896 

1897-1898 

1899 


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1828-1830 

1831-1833 

1834 













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* Alfred Mudge ... iSi: 

* Thomas S. Hagar . 1836 

* Robert Wier . . . 1837-1844 

* Joseph L. Hallworth . 1845 

* George B. Watson . 1846-1840 

* William T. Sawyer . iSco 
*S. T. Damon (7 mo.) ) q, 

* Louis E. Fisher (5mo.) ) 
Thomas T. Osborne 1852-1855 


* Patrick Hayes . . 

♦John Gorman . . 

♦M. B. Markham . 

Henry Squire . . 

Henry R. Danforth 
Murray C. Upham 

* Lemuel Murch 
Charles W. Brown 
James P. Gorman 


1856-1859 

1860-1864 

1865-1867 

1868-1873 

1874-1885 

1886-1888 

1889 

1890-1898 

1899- 


TREASURERS 


♦W.L, Lewis . . . 1824-1825 

♦ Andrew Wright . . 1826-1832 
♦William D. Adams . 1833-1836 

♦ Thomas J. Lillie . . 1837-1865 
♦Charles H. Woodwell 1866-1870 


♦ Hugh O’Brien 

♦ William H. Cundy 
Charles W. Holden 
Leonard Raymond 


1871-1895 

1895-1897 

1897 

1898- 


COLLECTORS 

Murray C. Upham . 1889-1893 Leonard Raymond . 1894-1897 

William P'red Hickey 1897- 


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